Old International Fox Kids/Jetix Channels Memorial Thread

[RegularCapital]

New Article on the RegularCapital Audiovisual Wiki: Sky One vs Fox Kids: The Internal Rivalry Over Children's Programming.

To an extent (and to simplify), both Sky One and Fox Kids had the same owner but were treated separately, they had an disagreement over children's programming and this led to an internal dispute between Sky and Fox.

Sky One lost out when Fox Kids launched in October 1996, losing its kids shows as many of which were from Saban's library, this included Power Rangers during its height in popularity. In 1999, Fox Kids missed out on Pokémon after it was beaten to the rights by Sky, and was not pleased when Sky One launched a new kids block.

Sky One vs Fox Kids: The Internal Rivalry Over Children's Programming

Ever since the Fox Kids channel launched in the UK market on 19th October 1996 right up until the sale of Fox Kids to Disney in 2001, there was an internal rivalry between Sky One and Fox Kids over children's programming, through a complex corporate structure, both channels are related, but not...

regularcapital-audiovisual-research.fandom.com

 

[cartoonnetworkpoke]

Man seeing all this stuff makes me more upset that FOX Wasn't able to create a viable FOX Kids cable channel in America. Would've been cool to see.

 

[JulianRO]

Actually, they did launch two channels..... BoyzChannel and GirlzChannel, but they didn't last long.

 

[RegularCapital]

Actually, they did launch two channels..... BoyzChannel and GirlzChannel, but they didn't last long.

Distribution on cable networks in the U.S. can be difficult, funnily enough, four months after closure, Saban wanted out.

 

[Tacomaster]

Actually, they did launch two channels..... BoyzChannel and GirlzChannel, but they didn't last long.

Distribution on cable networks in the U.S. can be difficult

And THAT’S why they decided to buy an existing cable channel that was already in a ton of homes

 

[cartoonnetworkpoke]

Distribution on cable networks in the U.S. can be difficult, funnily enough, four months after closure, Saban wanted out.

Man we need better laws for this. It seems like the process is much better overseas.

 

[Tacomaster]

Can you believe this block lasted through THIS YEAR?

 

[Andu]

Can you believe this block lasted through THIS YEAR?

This was also on Vietnam Television (VTV), dated from 2005 until 2009. It's impressive how VTC11 still keep airing Jetix programming in a really strong way (until they got suspended this year).

 

[RegularCapital]

Apparently VTC11 was an archive channel for kids programming, so it could well be that the Jetix bumpers were part of the original recordings as part of a broadcast package.

 

[Tacomaster]

Apparently VTC11 was an archive channel for kids programming, so it could well be that the Jetix bumpers were part of the original recordings as part of a broadcast package.

That could be true…

 

[Two Two's]

New Article on the RegularCapital Audiovisual Wiki: Sky One vs Fox Kids: The Internal Rivalry Over Children's Programming.

To an extent (and to simplify), both Sky One and Fox Kids had the same owner but were treated separately, they had an disagreement over children's programming and this led to an internal dispute between Sky and Fox.

Sky One lost out when Fox Kids launched in October 1996, losing its kids shows as many of which were from Saban's library, this included Power Rangers during its height in popularity. In 1999, Fox Kids missed out on Pokémon after it was beaten to the rights by Sky, and was not pleased when Sky One launched a new kids block.

Sky One vs Fox Kids: The Internal Rivalry Over Children's Programming

Ever since the Fox Kids channel launched in the UK market on 19th October 1996 right up until the sale of Fox Kids to Disney in 2001, there was an internal rivalry between Sky One and Fox Kids over children's programming, through a complex corporate structure, both channels are related, but not...

regularcapital-audiovisual-research.fandom.com

I think this brief conflict led to FK UK and later Jetix's overreliance on Power Rangers from 2003-2009. Quite interesting Jetix always had a changing schedule compared to it's competition.

 

[RegularCapital]

I think this brief conflict led to FK UK and later Jetix's overreliance on Power Rangers from 2003-2009. Quite interesting Jetix always had a changing schedule compared to it's competition.

Power Rangers was still popular, but not as much as it originally was, but Saban and then Disney kept on releasing new seasons.

 

[Pan MarSag YT]

Jetix Poland continuity from May 2007

 

[Tacomaster]

Jetix was supposed to have a channel on the U.S in late 2005, but it was never materialized

So did we ever get a source on this

 

[RegularCapital]

Jetix was supposed to have a channel on the U.S in late 2005, but it was never materialized

At least that's what i understood

So did we ever get a source on this

Yes, there's a Kidscreen article featuring an interview with Scott Garner, VP of program planning and scheduling at Disney Channel, mentioning "a Jetix channel serving up action-adventure fare for boys six to 14 may be an option down the road". The article was published in October 2005, this was when they announced possible plans for it, not when they were going to launch it though.

U.S. kidnets reach farther through VOD and new demos

Facing the challenge of staying alive and relevant with kids in an ever-broadening multi-screen universe has put U.S. kidnets in a bit of an expansionist frame of mind this season. And the drive to claim new territory seems to be centered around two goals - offering services on new delivery...

kidscreen.com

 

[Tacomaster]

Yes, there's a Kidscreen article featuring an interview with Scott Garner, VP of program planning and scheduling at Disney Channel, mentioning "a Jetix channel serving up action-adventure fare for boys six to 14 may be an option down the road". The article was published in October 2005, this was when they announced possible plans for it, not when they were going to launch it though.

U.S. kidnets reach farther through VOD and new demos

Facing the challenge of staying alive and relevant with kids in an ever-broadening multi-screen universe has put U.S. kidnets in a bit of an expansionist frame of mind this season. And the drive to claim new territory seems to be centered around two goals - offering services on new delivery...

kidscreen.com

...this is about launching a Jetix ON DEMAND channel in the United States.

With VOD penetration pegged to hit 36.5 million U.S. homes by 2008, according to media research firm The Yankee Group, Disney is exploring the viability of expanding its services. Garner says a Jetix channel serving up action-adventure fare for boys six to 14 may be an option down the road.

Which they did.

 

[Tacomaster]

Some spanish press release of Jetix's launch, i still have to find it again

Sent from my SM-A105F using Tapatalk

Plus, apparently the news came from a Spanish press release (which I can't find anywhere)

 

[Two Two's]

It would of made sense to have Jetix stick around on Toon Disney regardless.

 

[RegularCapital]

...this is about launching a Jetix ON DEMAND channel in the United States.



Which they did.

Ah, when I saw "channel", I assumed linear, nevermind.

 

[Two Two's]

Something interesting I realised about this bumper. Jetix UK would air shows in a 30 minute timeslot, meaning this would air for 7-9 minutes after each show, meaning it would nearly air for 2 hours nightly!